VILLAGE Regatta
Lake Oconee Village
At the corner of Hwy 44 & Linger Longer Road
In the Parkside District
The 1st Annual VILLAGE Regatta on August 15th 2009 
was a huge success with attendance estimated at
approximately 1,000 and hundreds of dollars raised for
local charities. The Tropical Breeze Steel Drum Band
provided a wide array of musical stylings with 
everything from Calypso to Classical music that had
the crowd dancing and tapping their toes as they toured the booths of local vendors. The weather
was cool for an August afternoon in Georgia and although there were clouds in the sky, the rain held
off all day providing a welcome break from the hot weather we saw the week leading up to the event.
A total of thirteen boats took to the pond in the Parkside District
of Lake Oconee Village in three separate heats for the speed race.
The Dirty Dockhands Boat, the S.S. Minnow took home the
highly sought-after Black Pearl Award for winning 1st place in the
speed race with The Village 
Pillagers boat, The Nasty Nessie
landing a close second and Singleton Marine Group at Boats with
Gusto in The Mirage finishing in third place.
The speed race was entertaining to say the least with
some boats rapidly sinking below the murky depths
and others forging ahead to claim their place in Lake
Oconee Village history, but the real highlight of the was
when the ships that survived the speed race braved the
high seas once more to duke it out for a chance at
“The Unsinkable Molly Brown” Award. It resembled a scene
straight out of a pirate movie as opposing teams tried to take down The Singleton
Marine Group’s boat the
Knot-A-Yacht with any means of terror they could muster,
but the
Knot-A-Yacht held strong as the other boats began to disappear below the
water until they were dubbed the Last Boat Afloat.
After the victors were announced in the awards ceremony, raffle tickets were drawn from the tumbler to determine who would be
the lucky winners of three $50
Indulge Gift Certificates and a necklace set from
Aurum. Congratulations to Julie Balestrcire,
Randy Pate and Joe Gripkey for taking home these lovely prizes.
The complete list of results is as follows:
|
Award
|
Recipient |
|
Unsinkable Molly Brown (Last Boat Afloat):
|
Singleton Marine Group at Boats with Gusto
Knot-A-Yacht |
|
Titanic (Most Spectacular Sinking) : |
Bartendin' Beauties
Long Shots
|
|
We Really Love You (Judges Choice): |
Singleton Marine Group at Boats with Gusto
Knot-A-Yacht
|
|
Pride of the Fleet (People's Choice): |
Village Pillagers
Nasty Nessie
|
|
Black Pearl (1st place in Speed Race): |
Dirty Dockhands
SS Minnow |
|
Second Hand Rose (2nd place in Speed Race): |
Village Pillagers
Nasty Nessie |
|
Third Wheel (3rd place in Speed Race):
|
Singleton Marine Group at Boats with Gusto
The Mirage
|
Total for People’s Choice award in dollars for charities:
|
Team/ Boat |
Charity |
|
Village Pillagers in Nasty Nessie |
$1,481 for OPAS |
|
Singleton Marine Group at Boats with Gusto in Knot-A-Yacht |
$312 for Lake Oconee Academy |
|
Marilyn Man Rowers in Happy Birthday, Mr. President |
$302 for Oconee Regional Humane Society |
|
Greene County Toastmasters in Toastmaster’s Galleon |
$141 for Habitat for Humanity |
|
Dirty Dockhands in SS Minnow |
$126 for Reynolds Foundation |
|
Bartendin’ Beauties in Long Shots |
$75 for Georgia Theatre |
|
Scared Stupid in Ipanic |
$69 for Habitat for Humanity |
|
Harbor Club in SS Harbor Club |
$65 for Harbor Club Property Owners Scholarship Fund |
|
Singleton Marine Group at Boats with Gusto in The Mirage |
$34 for Ferst Foundation |
|
Dough Boys in The Big Kahuna |
$33 for Ferst Foundation |
|
Lake Oconee Academy Fathers in The LOV Bug |
$28 for Lake Oconee Academy |
|
3 Men and a Boat in The Cardboard Cruiser |
$26 for Greene/ Putnam Elks Lodge |
|
Spotlight Theatres in SS MovieGoer |
$20 for The Plaza Arts Center |
Speed Race Results:
|
Heat #1 |
Time |
|
Singleton Marine Group at Boats with Gusto, The Mirage: |
3 minutes |
|
3 Men and a Boat, The Cardboard Cruiser: |
4 minutes, 8 seconds |
|
Village Pillagers, Nasty Nessie: |
2 minutes, 52 seconds |
|
Marilyn Man Rowers, Happy Birthday, Mr. President: |
Towed back in |
|
Heat #2 |
|
|
Greene County Toastmasters, Toastmaster Galleon: |
3 minutes, 45 seconds |
|
Lake Oconee Academy Fathers, The LOV Bug: |
Turned back |
|
Harbor Club, SS Harbor Club: |
5 minutes, 1 second |
|
Bartendin' Beauties, Long Shots: |
Sunk |
|
Heat #3 |
|
|
Dough Boys, The Big Kahuna: |
Sunk |
|
Dirty Dockhands, SS Minnow: |
2 minutes, 14 seconds |
|
Spotlight Theatres, SS MovieGoer: |
Towed back in |
|
Scared Stupid, Ipanic: |
5 minutes, 3 seconds |
|
Singleton Marine Group at Boats with Gusto, Knot-A-Yacht: |
4 minutes, 20 seconds |
